🏔️ Harris Point

Antarctica · Antarctica · 81.58°S, 161.53°E

Harris Point is a rocky coastal point along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Located 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Young Head at the south side of Beaumont Bay, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Herman D. Harris, a chief hospital corpsman with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. Harris built a sick bay at South Pole Station during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze 1961.

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Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	81.58°S, 161.53°E · view on map

Harris Point is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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